It's no surprise to me or the other Isley brothers that I can sing, because I used to sing all the time in practice. The surprise is that somebody else likes it.

Playing guitar is not a beauty contest.

The muse of music isn't just from Greek mythology, but living in people like the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin.

Don't believe everything you hear on the street.

You get to the point in life where you realize you have to roll up your sleeves, deal with the consequences of what happens, and carry your own weight.

My first gig was in Philadelphia and I played the drums for my older brothers. That same night, I also played drums for Martha and the Vandellas. Ah, the fond memories of being 14.

I got my first guitar in October of 1968. I'm self-taught.

There was a lot of music in our home. Mom played piano in church and gave piano lessons.

Expect poison from the standing water.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

When you're young, you say it how it is, and even your views are, like, 'This is totally the truth', 'cos you don't know any difference, so there's a real confidence in your way of thinking.

My novels are very much the same, as I think many people's novels are.

The intangibles are a euphemism for we have no idea what we're looking for but we know it when we see it.

The need for empowering investors to have information on the way their own money is invested is not going away.

Everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart, and all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.

Socrates used to call the opinions of the many by the name of Lamiae, bugbears to frighten children.

Just think you are the greatest. Where's the harm in thinking like that? It is not for pride you do it, but for bringing the best out of you. There is nothing wrong.

Love God and find him within - the only treasure worth finding.